A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales: 13 (Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature) - Hardcover

Oueijan, Naji B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820441732 ISBN 13: 9780820441733

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1999

Synopsis

A Compendium of Eastern Elements in Byron's Oriental Tales traces Lord Byron's Oriental scholarship and recognizes the wealth of his tales' Orientalism. Byron's initial interest in the Orient, his personal contacts with the Eastern languages and literature, and his participation in Eastern life gave his poetic career a fresh and unique dimension. The main part of this book lists alphabetical entries, in subsectioned categories, for Eastern characters, names, ranks, customs, costumes, sites, architectural structures, decorations, flora, and fauna. The entries are designed to provide the reader of Byron's tales corporeal and fascinating insights into the Eastern culture, its milieu, its myth and its symbols. In as much as they offer a comprehensive understanding of the tales' Orientalism, they invite fresh cross-cultural criticism.

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About the Author

The Author: Naji B. Oueijan is Associate Professor of English at Notre Dame University, Lebanon, President of the Lebanese Byron Society, member of the Board of Directors of the International Council of the Byron Societies, and member of the Advisory Committee of the American Conference on Romanticism. He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from Baylor University, Texas. He chaired the Department of English at the Lebanese University from 1989 to 1991, published widely in literary journals, and wrote The Progress of an Image: The East in English Literature (Peter Lang, 1996).

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0820441732
• ISBN 13: 9780820441733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 200